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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 2, 2023 15:13:56 GMT
On as a 16th minute sub away to Man City. This would be some chance to take! What's really promising is that it seems like instead of being sent out on loan the manager has decided to start using him If he's considered the replacement for Cairney after this injury then that's great news for us. Could get a run of games possibly. Obviously if he's getting regular minutes then he should be in the seniors |
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Post by manulike on Sept 2, 2023 15:28:52 GMT
Should have scored with a late run into the box, but scuffed the shot ;-(
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 11, 2023 21:28:24 GMT
"The year is 2038 and the uncapped Luke Harris watched on as Wales drew 0-0 with the newly independent Republic of Lancashire
"It's too soon to play him in this transitionary period" remarked Wales boss Rob Page"
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Post by dai on Oct 11, 2023 21:58:14 GMT
Have to say, I'm finding his situation a bit odd now. He's been in numerous squads, yet tonight we saw Cullen and Savage being given a nod ahead of him. (maybe slightly different positions, but still).
Have the FAW, or Page, changed their philosophy so that players need to be playing senior club football before making the cut at senior international level?
Based on our history of capping young players, even those without any senior experience, the 'treatment' of Harris just seems a bit strange.........
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 11, 2023 22:14:43 GMT
I don't see what we gained by bringing on Hennessey & Wilson ahead of him & Beck tonight. Wasted opportunity!
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Post by welshrover on Oct 12, 2023 0:02:09 GMT
I don't see what we gained by bringing on Hennessey & Wilson ahead of him & Beck tonight. Wasted opportunity! Wayne got another cap towards his target! |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 12, 2023 8:12:54 GMT
I don't see what we gained by bringing on Hennessey & Wilson ahead of him & Beck tonight. Wasted opportunity! Wayne got another cap towards his target! What's his target? Bale's record? I mean we probably should have started him in that case, wasn't much of a sharpening exercise for Ward as I barely think he touched the ball. Would have saved a sub |
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Post by njdragon on Oct 12, 2023 8:13:36 GMT
I think they brought hennessey on simply for the fact to give him game time before the big one Sunday. We'd be stuffed if ward picked up an injury at the moment - its not exactly like he's playing either but at the moment its wards shirt to lose and there's zero competition.
We've been lucky so far, but this keeper situation is going to catch us out sooner or later.
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Post by chief on Oct 12, 2023 15:53:21 GMT
I don't see what we gained by bringing on Hennessey & Wilson ahead of him & Beck tonight. Wasted opportunity! Pretty bizarre situation with Harris. Why he hasn't been brought for a minute in a competitive game is beyond me. It would have been better for us to call up Oli Cooper and Niall Huggins instead, of Harris / Beck. They're both established championship players now, are still young to improve to potentially be regular squad players for us and their inclusion wouldn't have disrupted the u21s camp. |
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Post by welshrover on Oct 12, 2023 20:03:29 GMT
Wayne got another cap towards his target! What's his target? Bale's record? I mean we probably should have started him in that case, wasn't much of a sharpening exercise for Ward as I barely think he touched the ball. Would have saved a sub I wasn't giving an opinion, merely suggesting a reason for it. |
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Post by jimexotic on Oct 13, 2023 8:51:51 GMT
On standby for a World Cup campaign but doesn't get on the pitch for a friendly against Gibraltar.
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Post by morg on Oct 13, 2023 9:30:02 GMT
On standby for a World Cup campaign but doesn't get on the pitch for a friendly against Gibraltar. Crazy. Why they didn't give he and Cullen a half each is beyond me. He's 18 and not ready for it by many accounts which may be fair but his ceiling is far higher than some of our other options. As others have said, would have been capped by now under previous regimes. Also what kind of message does it send to Crew and Koumas? If we don't get 3 points v Croatia, hope we use the 2 remaining fixtures to try one or 2 different options. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 13, 2023 11:01:34 GMT
On standby for a World Cup campaign but doesn't get on the pitch for a friendly against Gibraltar. Crazy. Why they didn't give he and Cullen a half each is beyond me. He's 18 and not ready for it by many accounts which may be fair but his ceiling is far higher than some of our other options. As others have said, would have been capped by now under previous regimes. Also what kind of message does it send to Crew and Koumas? If we don't get 3 points v Croatia, hope we use the 2 remaining fixtures to try one or 2 different options.No chance, he'll go with the strongest team he can to try and save his job under the guise of preparing for the playoffs |
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Post by Belle Vue on Oct 13, 2023 12:59:55 GMT
Perhaps he’s just not very good !
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Post by athenempadu on Oct 13, 2023 13:43:47 GMT
Perhaps he’s just not very good ! I think they were saving him for todays game as the U21's are doing quite well. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 13, 2023 14:27:24 GMT
Perhaps he’s just not very good ! I think they were saving him for todays game as the U21's are doing quite well. There's no reason at all to call him and Beck up then if the plan was to save them for the u21s all along, and if they wanted to give the u21s the best possible chance they would have released Low and Savage to them as well. Its just mis-management. |
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Post by athenempadu on Oct 13, 2023 14:54:06 GMT
I think they were saving him for todays game as the U21's are doing quite well. There's no reason at all to call him and Beck up then if the plan was to save them for the u21s all along, and if they wanted to give the u21s the best possible chance they would have released Low and Savage to them as well. Its just mis-management. They Welsh FA have a policy of inviting promising young players to train with the senior team, so that they can get used to the setup. I've already said in other threads that Page is not the right person to oversea this transition, hence it all seems rather disjointed. |
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Post by gimli on Oct 13, 2023 14:57:38 GMT
The only possible legitimate reason I could see for not giving Harris and Beck minutes in the friendly after going to the effort of calling them up to the senior squad is that they picked up knocks in training so the coaches didn't want to risk them before the U21s qualifier. I might have believed this had only one of them been ignored in the Gibraltar game, but the fact that they both were implies to me that this is just another classic case of mismanagement by Page.
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 13, 2023 15:00:59 GMT
There's no reason at all to call him and Beck up then if the plan was to save them for the u21s all along, and if they wanted to give the u21s the best possible chance they would have released Low and Savage to them as well. Its just mis-management. They Welsh FA have a policy of inviting promising young players to train with the senior team, so that they can get used to the setup. I've already said in other threads that Page is not the right person to oversea this transition, hence it all seems rather disjointed. Inviting to train and being part of the squad are different things, we know that players from the u21s train with the seniors, but they aren't called up as part of the senior squad the way Harris & Beck were. Harris has been in the senior squad for over a year without a sniff of a cap. We knew that the original plan was for the u21s to go back for the Czechia game only for that to change with Low and Savage. It's mis-management. |
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Post by gimli on Oct 13, 2023 15:02:34 GMT
There's no reason at all to call him and Beck up then if the plan was to save them for the u21s all along, and if they wanted to give the u21s the best possible chance they would have released Low and Savage to them as well. Its just mis-management. They Welsh FA have a policy of inviting promising young players to train with the senior team, so that they can get used to the setup. I've already said in other threads that Page is not the right person to oversea this transition, hence it all seems rather disjointed. Harris has been invited along to countless squads over the past two seasons. The fact that he hasn't been given a even a cameo off the bench in any of our matches over that period is strange enough, but the fact he wasn't brought on in a friendly against Gibraltar is just utterly bewildering. I have no idea what Page is thinking. |
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Post by morg on Oct 13, 2023 15:07:08 GMT
Crazy. Why they didn't give he and Cullen a half each is beyond me. He's 18 and not ready for it by many accounts which may be fair but his ceiling is far higher than some of our other options. As others have said, would have been capped by now under previous regimes. Also what kind of message does it send to Crew and Koumas? If we don't get 3 points v Croatia, hope we use the 2 remaining fixtures to try one or 2 different options.No chance, he'll go with the strongest team he can to try and save his job under the guise of preparing for the playoffs Seriously don't know what would be risked by for example selecting Mullin over Bradshaw. |
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Post by athenempadu on Oct 13, 2023 15:07:59 GMT
They were called up for the friendly, and it was already planned that they would return to the U21's after the Gibraltar game. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jan 3, 2024 17:24:23 GMT
Joined Exeter City on loan
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Post by janglingjack on Jan 3, 2024 18:46:58 GMT
Be interesting to see how he does at that level in real football,u23 is real football of course but it isn't really like playing competitive games in the football league is it.
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Post by fiveattheback on Jan 3, 2024 21:05:00 GMT
It'll be a challenge for him, Exeter right down there in a relegation scrap
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Post by dai on Jan 3, 2024 22:09:20 GMT
Underwhelming? I thought Chelsea were after him a few months ago?
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jan 3, 2024 22:48:27 GMT
Great move - time to see if he can live up to the hype & handle men's football
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Post by fiveattheback on Jan 4, 2024 9:42:06 GMT
Underwhelming? I thought Chelsea were after him a few months ago? Why? A first loan to League 1 is a solid level, he's still only 18 He should have been there since the summer but Fulham messed him around |
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Post by rangers15 on Jan 4, 2024 11:09:13 GMT
good move - gives me an excuse to pop down there to watch him play live
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Post by fiveattheback on Jan 6, 2024 14:33:04 GMT
Starts for Exeter against Carlisle as an attacking midfielder
Go and show everyone what you're about.
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